Starting Artists
Host Tony Sadowski interviews makers across a variety of media at varying stages of their careers, aimed at inspiring new and aspiring content creators to overcome obstacles in the way of starting their own dream projects. Get insight into their experiences and inspirations, and find out what they've learned along the way!
Episodes
20 episodes
20 | Perspective & Gratitude with Jonathan Banchs
Jonathan Banchs is Senior Director of Content & Experience for Momentum Events. He was born in Costa Rica and has lived in Nicaragua for 20 years. He has an interesting life and career story to share and is also a voice of positivity and gr...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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52:02
19 | Popping Up
Your host and podcast pal Tony Sadowski pops up with a between-season life and career update. What's been going on during the show hiatus? And, more importantly, what does "creativity" mean to you?Does art stop belonging to the creator ...
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Episode 19
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11:55
18 | Cassandra M. Bailey, CEO & Author
Cassandra M. Bailey is the Founder and CEO of Slice Communications, a marketing and communications company in Philadelphia. She is also founder and curr...
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Episode 18
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1:23:25
17 | What Does Your Brand Sound Like?
Tony gets philosophical on your brand with the challenging question of what it might sound like. Sure, we put a lot of thought into the visual elements of a brand. Brand messaging, from mission to key talking points, are hugely important and fa...
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Episode 17
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9:00
16 | James F. Wright, Comic & Game Writer
Calling James F. Wright a writer, while true, doesn't feel like enough words to describe what he does or the various iterations of James that got him where he is today. He has written award-winning comics. He writes video game narr...
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Episode 16
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1:35:14
15 | Turn Turn Turn
To every* show, there is a season. That's definitely the case for Starting Artists. Listen up for an announcement about what to expect for the rest of what will become Season One of this podcast, and what I'll be working on during ...
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Episode 15
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8:19
14 | Louisa Onomé, Writer & Narrative Designer
Nigerian-Canadian writer of books and video game narratives Louisa Onomé had a few false starts along her career journey. Nothing nightmarish, some of them quite helpful to her now. But she had it in he...
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Episode 14
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1:06:40
13 | So, What's Your Plan...?
Thinking back to my conversation with Sonya Ballantyne last episode, I'm struck by her hard-earned sense of self and ability to bring all of who she is to storytelling.Sonya is doing what she wanted to do. She's seems unstoppable, and I...
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Episode 13
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15:40
12 | Sonya Ballantyne, Creative Native Writer & Filmmaker
The pop culture references are flying in this conversation with Sonya Ballantyne. From growing up on a reservation, desperately wanting better representation in the media she loved, to writing for a Walking Dead video game and creating...
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Episode 12
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1:23:20
11 | Find a Bridge and Get Over It
I always want to be honest and vulnerable on this podcast, because that's where the real stuff is. The point of Starting Artists is helping other people who feel stuck, or need to make a next move, and just can’t quite make th...
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Episode 11
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14:30
10 | Paula Rogers, Writer & Illustrator
Paula Rogers, a writer, editor and illustrator whose work in print and radio has been featured by NPR, KQED in San Francisco, the Third Coast International Audio Festival and Salon.She wrote and edited the infographic guide to life, ...
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Episode 10
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1:14:25
9 | Of Calculators and Cows
Inspired by his chat with Kim Belair last episode, Tony talks about his (extremely basic) experience in video game design. Crude as the games were, they were very moooooving. It's a medium that combines many creative and technical skills, and i...
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Episode 9
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9:13
8 | Kim Belair, Video Game Writer & CEO of Sweet Baby, Inc.
My guest for the episode is Kim Belair, video game narrative writer and CEO of Sweet Baby, Inc., a black- and queer-owned narrative development company based in Montreal, working in both AAA (that's "big-name video games" in non-gamer speak) an...
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Episode 8
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51:25
7 | Why Would a Podcaster Lie to a Person?
Inspired by his conversation with Izzy Searle last episode, Tony talks about a screenplay he wrote in college that won an award. He also goes into why these "monologue" episodes exist, describes the horrific suffering endured by his interns, an...
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Episode 7
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8:01
6 | Izzy Searle, Playwright, Screenwriter & Poet
My guest for the episode is Izzy Searle, a writer whose work has been published in multiple magazines and literary journals. Izzy loves writing theater, screenplays, and poetry, and is currently writing a new short play for professional product...
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Episode 6
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45:43
5 | First Impressions
Tony talks about some first impressions (and important realizations) from the days he spent producing the digital-first micro-series, OUTNABOUT. Sometimes, things work beautifully; others, you have to make them work.Trave...
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Episode 5
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13:18
4 | Kae Lani Palmisano, TV Host & Food/Travel Writer
Kae Lani Palmisano is the Emmy-winning television host of Check, Please! Philly and the digital series Delishtory, produced by Terry Gross' frequent hangout, WHYY. She has been seen on numerous daytime talk shows nationwide. S...
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Episode 4
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1:33:15
3 | Writing from Self
Tony takes you on a journey through lessons he learned from a creative writing workshop he was part of in 2021 called Writing Your Solo Show. It focused on autobiographical writing for stage or memoir and was the beginning of a much-needed care...
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Episode 3
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12:37
